MEDIATING ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEANING OF WORK AND INTENTION TO LEAVE

Quality human resources are needed to face challenges in the world of work. The quality of human resources can be improved through non-formal education which ultimately gives birth to more job training institutions (LPK). One measure of LPK's success in producing quality human resources is the presence of competent instructors, but some of these instructors actually have the desire to stop working. Based on this, this research aims to explain the influence of meaning of work and job satisfaction on intention to leave and explain the influence of meaning of work on job satisfaction. In addition, this research also explains the role of job satisfaction as a mediator in the influence of the meaning of work on intention to leave. This research is quantitative research with data collection methods through questionnaires. The questionnaire was distributed to 176 instructors at LPK Denpasar city who were then analyzed using partial least squares (PLS). The research results show that the meaning of work and job satisfaction have a significant effect on intention to leave. Meaning of work also has a significant effect on job satisfaction. Job satisfaction can act as a mediator in the influence of the meaning of work on intention to leave.